Land Use Data for Latitude 15.75 Longitude 37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Western Plain: Barka river |
Agricultural Land Uses
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralismBare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
DesertsLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
1 to 2930 to 59
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4050 to 75
Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
